Transesterification of dimethyl carbonate with ethanol in a pilot-scale reactive distillation column

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 309-322

  Keller, Tobias ^a   Holtbruegge, Johannes ^a   Górak, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Data reconciliation; Experiments; Homogeneous catalyst; Multipurpose reactor; Selectivity; Sodium ethoxide

Indexed keywords

DATA RECONCILIATION; DIETHYL CARBONATES; DIMETHYL CARBONATE; ETHYL METHYL CARBONATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH SELECTIVITY; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYST; MULTIPURPOSE REACTOR; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PILOT SCALE; REACTANT CONVERSION; REACTION SYSTEM; REACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMNS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SODIUM ETHOXIDE;

CARBONATION; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; SODIUM;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 84455205483     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.072     Document Type: Article

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